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New Midtown Tunnel open in VirginiaA project to construct the second Midtown Tunnel link in the US state of Virginia alongside the original connection has taken an important step forward Mike Woof writes
Commuters in the US state of Virginia will be pleased that the new Midtown Tunnel is now open to traffic, as it will help to boost capacity and cut congestion on the busy US 58 route connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth. The...

Act FAST when it comes to bridge maintenance, argues Cliff WestonDeck waterproofing remains critical to a bridge's structural integrity for its design life, explains Cliff Weston, director of Stirling Lloyd To properly maintain deck waterproofing there must be a willingness to look at solutions based on whole-life costing rather than just short-term initial costs. There are lessons to be learned from examples of prematurely failed infrastructure due to a...

New Zealand's Waterview project is moving closer to completionNew Zealand's biggest road project is less than a year away from completion, and a lot of progress has been made since World Highways last looked at the project two years ago - Mary Searle Bell reports
New Zealand's Waterview project is moving closer to completion and will be the largest road project in the country. The NZ$2 billion Western Ring Route will see the creation of an alternative...

Egypt's canal tunnel projectMajor progress is being achieved on Egypt's key tunnel project, a link that runs underneath the Suez Canal. The tunnel driving work has been carried out using large tunnel...